Danny
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- Location
- New Zealand
- Name
- Danny
Noticed this before with Canada geese, they tolerate total different geese. Not common at all with birds. Nice shot.
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- Location
- FT Worth, TX
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- Location
- Beaumaris, Melbourne, Australia
- Name
- John ...
Gulls and terns also congregate in mixed flocks too, Danny, particularly when resting on a beach. With the occasional Larus pacificus thrown in for good measure.
Danny
Happy shooter
- Location
- New Zealand
- Name
- Danny
Older shots with Cormorants just being themselves. Canon FD 500 F/5.6L if you are curious.
Hey ma, what's for dinner
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Very handy having built in umbrellas
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Splish splash, I was taking a bath .........
Have a good one folks.
Danny.
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Hey ma, what's for dinner
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Very handy having built in umbrellas
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Splish splash, I was taking a bath .........
Have a good one folks.
Danny.
Moonraker
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- Location
- Wiltshire, UK
- Name
- Nigel
Danny
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- Location
- New Zealand
- Name
- Danny
That's a stunning shot Nigel. Excellent!
- Location
- FT Worth, TX
My new to me used Olympus 150-400/4.5 arrived late on the 25th but I had to leave for a trip on the 26th. I got up the morning of the 26th, stepped out side with my OM-1 and 150-400 and saw our resident hawk sitting in a tree on the far side of the field behind our house. Here are some of the first shots with the lens. Great detail for such a distance. The last image shows how far away he was. I was removing the 2x TC to take a 150mm image shot to show how far away he was when he took flight. These are mostly uncropped and lightly edited. I did run them through Topaz denoise. I am very pleased with the results.
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- FT Worth, TX
The wax wings made a visit a week or so ago, love these little birds. It is strange but at least one robin always seems to tag along with the wax wing flock.
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- Location
- Birkenhead UK
- Name
- robert
Tim Williams
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- Location
- Central Florida
- Name
- Tim Williams
L0n3Gr3yW0lf
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- Location
- Somerset, UK
- Name
- Ovi
More pictures of my encounter with the little friendly Robin I had last month:
Curious little George.
Among the frozen branches and twigs.
Hello there.
Just popping in.
I'm a handsome fella'.
Nice weather eh?
The early bird gets the butt frozen.
I don't know what he is but I like him
Damn they are not making it easy to get the shot.
Hello there ... 2.o
Slim pickings for the middle of the winter.
The Magpie run.
A John Travolta entrance (Faceoff reference).
Finally got a decent picture of my favourite little bird, but they are still make it harder then it needs to be.
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Curious little George.
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Among the frozen branches and twigs.
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Hello there.
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Just popping in.
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I'm a handsome fella'.
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Nice weather eh?
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The early bird gets the butt frozen.
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I don't know what he is but I like him
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Damn they are not making it easy to get the shot.
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Hello there ... 2.o
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Slim pickings for the middle of the winter.
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The Magpie run.
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A John Travolta entrance (Faceoff reference).
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Finally got a decent picture of my favourite little bird, but they are still make it harder then it needs to be.
L0n3Gr3yW0lf
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- Location
- Somerset, UK
- Name
- Ovi
On Sunday, when I went back home after getting my antiobitics I came across a bird that I have only seen on the coast and never this much inland (and in the town I live in).
I had only my Tamy 28-75mm f 2.8 G2 with me, sorry I don't have a better image then cropping from 75mm.
From what I have managed to guess, it's a Pied Wagtail, bigger then Long-Tailed Tit but similar body shape and black and white feather design. And they always seem to be fighting with other birds for food.
A bunch of Sparrows were chasing it through the ASDA parking lot.
This is as close I could get to it before it would run away from me pretty quickly.
I do wish I had my big Tamy with me, or at least the 70-180mm f 2.8, I could get 270mm with 1.5x crop.
I don't even know where to begin with to try and find them, I work on every Sunday so I don't think I will catch any more empty ASDA parking lots to get this little birds curious enough to come back there.
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I had only my Tamy 28-75mm f 2.8 G2 with me, sorry I don't have a better image then cropping from 75mm.
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From what I have managed to guess, it's a Pied Wagtail, bigger then Long-Tailed Tit but similar body shape and black and white feather design. And they always seem to be fighting with other birds for food.
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A bunch of Sparrows were chasing it through the ASDA parking lot.
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This is as close I could get to it before it would run away from me pretty quickly.
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I do wish I had my big Tamy with me, or at least the 70-180mm f 2.8, I could get 270mm with 1.5x crop.
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I don't even know where to begin with to try and find them, I work on every Sunday so I don't think I will catch any more empty ASDA parking lots to get this little birds curious enough to come back there.
- Name
- Miguel Tejada-Flores
- Location
- Minnesota
- Name
- Chris
- Location
- New Zealand
I didn't see the beginning of this thread, so hope I'm not jumping in with a random irrevelant tangent. At the local park for the last two years, at certain times, breeding times I guess, there was a pair of paradise ducks. It was noticeable, that when they were there, the usual plebs, the mallards, went elsewhere. I read somehwere that paradise ducks are very territorial, and I wondered where they went, and if it might be the same pair coming back to breed?
Danny
Happy shooter
- Location
- New Zealand
- Name
- Danny
Quite right Rose, they are very territorial. The female is the sounding horn of the two and you certainly know when they are around
Paradise duck is endemic to New Zealand and part of the Shelduck species. The female is more coloured than the male and prettier IMO, a bit unusual but a few birds are.
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The female Paradise duck
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The male Paradise duck
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Often the males head will have a fair bit of white, but generally not. Probably comes somewhere from the breeding.
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Again the female
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And the male
All the best and have fun out there.
Danny.
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